Well, the current team that is visiting Emmanuel from Union University has been doing various jobs around the orphanage, including painting, playing with the kids, and putting up new signs. The farm was previously unlabeled, but thanks to thei
r hard work, we now have a sign that marks the entrance to the farm! Its kinda cool because we live on the "farm side" of the property, so now we have a sign to look at every time we walk home!
Today, as we walked past the sign, we heard a lot of little chirping. If you remember from our previous blog where we talked about "chickens running with their heads cut off", Emmanuel slaughtered every chicken on the property in order to have food for the kitchens. What could this noise be? As we walked in t
he door to the chicken coup, we could see that they had purchased around 300 baby chicks! They were put into a room that was about 10' x 30' with heat lamps to keep them warm. A large group of them were trying to run out of the room, so Wade (the staff member in charge of the farm) was trying to keep th
em inside. From the sound Lauren made when she saw those little guys, you could tell that her heart just melted. We took a lot of pictures of them since we had taken a lot of pictures when the older ones had their heads cut off a couple of weeks ago--it was only right to take pictures of them alive as well (plus they're 
adorable). Lauren even had the opportunity to hold one in her little hand! When it came time to put them in a make-shift corral, John was picking them up by the handfuls! Wade claims that until a baby chick has had a drink of water, they are virtually indestructible...unless you step on one of course.
Later on while Lauren and I were sit
ting on the couch in our living room, "stinky" pooped on Lauren's foot! We know that he has always pooed in the corners and even on the bathroom sink, but now we are not even safe sitting on our own couch! Lauren was thoroughly disgusted when the warm poo landed on her foot, but after vocalizing her disgust the next thing she said was, "Leo, get the camera...we need to document this!" Lauren is such a trooper.
The power also went out while I was typing this which can be a very scary thing when everything is completely dark and the only sound you hear are the crickets and giant bugs through the open slats on the window. It came back on after about 5 minutes, so we're back to normal again. Life goes on.
I took a picture of the little pond by our house that we walk by every day. Its a pretty cool little man-made pond that the water from the kitchens drains into every morning, afterno
on, and evening. Last week I could have sworn that I saw an alligator jump into the pond when we were walking to the school after lunch. As it turns out, it was an iguana! I had no idea that iguanas were able to swim under water. It freaked me out, but after I found out what it really was, I was okay with it. A few days later we saw TWO jump in the pond at the same time while we were about to cross the dam. I hear they're tasty...if you can catch one.
THIS JUST IN!!! While I was sitting here reviewing the blog with Lauren, Stinky pooed on me! Can you believe the nerve of that guy? We give him shelter from the elements and he poos on us instead of thanking us! I'm insulted. I hope you sleep with one eye open tonight Stinky...
r hard work, we now have a sign that marks the entrance to the farm! Its kinda cool because we live on the "farm side" of the property, so now we have a sign to look at every time we walk home!
Today, as we walked past the sign, we heard a lot of little chirping. If you remember from our previous blog where we talked about "chickens running with their heads cut off", Emmanuel slaughtered every chicken on the property in order to have food for the kitchens. What could this noise be? As we walked in t
he door to the chicken coup, we could see that they had purchased around 300 baby chicks! They were put into a room that was about 10' x 30' with heat lamps to keep them warm. A large group of them were trying to run out of the room, so Wade (the staff member in charge of the farm) was trying to keep th
em inside. From the sound Lauren made when she saw those little guys, you could tell that her heart just melted. We took a lot of pictures of them since we had taken a lot of pictures when the older ones had their heads cut off a couple of weeks ago--it was only right to take pictures of them alive as well (plus they're 
adorable). Lauren even had the opportunity to hold one in her little hand! When it came time to put them in a make-shift corral, John was picking them up by the handfuls! Wade claims that until a baby chick has had a drink of water, they are virtually indestructible...unless you step on one of course.Later on while Lauren and I were sit
ting on the couch in our living room, "stinky" pooped on Lauren's foot! We know that he has always pooed in the corners and even on the bathroom sink, but now we are not even safe sitting on our own couch! Lauren was thoroughly disgusted when the warm poo landed on her foot, but after vocalizing her disgust the next thing she said was, "Leo, get the camera...we need to document this!" Lauren is such a trooper.The power also went out while I was typing this which can be a very scary thing when everything is completely dark and the only sound you hear are the crickets and giant bugs through the open slats on the window. It came back on after about 5 minutes, so we're back to normal again. Life goes on.
I took a picture of the little pond by our house that we walk by every day. Its a pretty cool little man-made pond that the water from the kitchens drains into every morning, afterno
on, and evening. Last week I could have sworn that I saw an alligator jump into the pond when we were walking to the school after lunch. As it turns out, it was an iguana! I had no idea that iguanas were able to swim under water. It freaked me out, but after I found out what it really was, I was okay with it. A few days later we saw TWO jump in the pond at the same time while we were about to cross the dam. I hear they're tasty...if you can catch one.THIS JUST IN!!! While I was sitting here reviewing the blog with Lauren, Stinky pooed on me! Can you believe the nerve of that guy? We give him shelter from the elements and he poos on us instead of thanking us! I'm insulted. I hope you sleep with one eye open tonight Stinky...
No comments:
Post a Comment